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Invest in a franchise or do it alone?

Dec 6, 2019

When venturing into the world of entrepreneurship, there are two ownership models to choose from. Over and above purchasing an existing company you could either buy into a franchise or start a venture from scratch. Each has pros and cons, but the one that works best...

Can you really trust your data?

Dec 6, 2019

The ability to analyse data and derive insight from it is undeniably essential for any business today. By Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management However, when data is moved through various systems and manipulated in order to provide meaningful reports, there is...

Fix the weak link in the security chain

Dec 6, 2019

How many security incidents do you think the average business has a year? How many do you think the average business had 10 years ago? By Quentyn Taylor, director of security at Canon EMEA If you guessed that there was increase from a decade ago, you would be right....

Elastic infrastructure key to meeting storage demand

Dec 6, 2019

Events that accelerate the generation of data are often viewed in isolation, but the reality is that they are all part of the same evolution. By Eran Brown, chief technology officer: EMEA at Infinidat From databases to collaboration, Business Intelligence (BI) to...

Start up, go global, get paid – all with crypto

Nov 29, 2019

I have seen it time and time again: smart, young African entrepreneurs, who have the potential to turn their independent online businesses into the next big thing, being held back by fears of uncertainty and failure. By Nic Haralambous, chief marketing officer of...

Big tech solutions for small business ambitions

Nov 29, 2019

Small businesses still have big ambitions and increasingly look to technology to power these. Partnering with Cisco, Westcon-Comstor is providing resellers access to a range of networking, security, collaboration and compute solutions that have been built from the...

VADs, resellers need a new model to drive SMB printer growth

Nov 29, 2019

Two decades after the rise of the Web, printing is far from dead. Yet the way that small and medium businesses (SMB) print and the reasons that they print are changing rapidly. Bernice Hynard, MD of Printacom The valued-added distribution and reseller channels will...

Paving the way to business agility in Africa

Nov 29, 2019

Companies that can quickly change speed and direction or modify tactics to outwit, outsmart and outplay their opponents are the companies that gain the competitive edge says Alain Du Toit, cloud services sales principal for Hitachi Vantara. This year’s Rugby...

Elastic infrastructure key to meeting future data storage demand

Nov 29, 2019

Events that accelerate the generation of data are often viewed in isolation, but the reality is that they are all part of the same evolution. By Eran Brown, chief technology officer: EMEA at Infinidat From databases to collaboration, business intelligence (BI) to...

Print sales remain robust as market needs evolve

Nov 29, 2019

InfoSource’s latest research into the printer market shows that print vendors are wrapping software solutions around increasingly commoditised base hardware products to increase customer value. By Chris de Beer, Africa regional manager at infoSource It helps SMMEs,...